Cops record 20% increase in phone scams during MCO period

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Cops record 20% increase in phone scams during MCO period
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KOTA TINGGI: Police have recorded an increase of 20% in Macau scam cases during the movement control order (MCO) and conditional MCO from March 18 until May 18, with losses amounting close to half a million.

Kota Tinggi OCPD Supt Ahsmon Bajah said that the syndicate usually targets pensioners and farmers who own land as their victims.

“This has never been our standard operating procedure, and if any members of the public who receive such calls, please alert the nearby police stations immediately, ” he said during a press conference at Kota Tinggi District Police Headquarters, here on Tuesday . “We are also working closely with other government agencies on how these syndicates were able to get information on pensioners, ” he said, adding that so far, no arrest has been made.

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